Gosho 一昨日御書 四 Letter about the Ｄay Before Yesterday

彼の太(たい)公(こう)が殷(いん)の国に入りしは、西伯(せいはく)の礼に依り、張(ちょう)良(りょう)が秦(しん)朝(ちょう)を量(はか)りしは、漢王の誠(まこと)を感ずればなり。　

[In China long ago] T’ai-kung Wang undertook to invade the Yin realm because the Earl of the West had treated him with due courtesy, and Chang Liang weighed how to overthrow the Ch’in dynasty because he was moved by the sincerity of the king of Han.

T'ai-kung Wang undertook to invade the Yin realm because West Earl had treated him with due courtesy, and Chang Liang weighed how to overthrow the Ch'in dynasty because he was moved by the sincerity of the king of Han.

是(こ)れ皆(みな)時に当(あた)つて賞を得(え)たり、

These men were both fitted to the age and gained proper recognition.

These people both grasped the situation of times and gained a honor.

謀(はかりごと)を帷(い)帳(ちょう)の中に回(めぐ)らし、勝つことを千里の外に決せし者なり。

Thus within the tents of command they were able to devise strategies that assured victory a thousand miles away.

Within a narrow tent they were the people who were able to devise strategies that assured victory a thousand miles away.

　

つづく　Continued

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